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Originally Posted by darkrebel
thanks but i didnt need a grammer lesson
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Now, capitalization
And Punctuation
Have never made me celebrate
But the simple fact is
Youve got to practice
The rules so that you can communicate!
JAMES
Do we have to?
MARLA
Yes! Now listen carefully:
Every sentence begins with a capital letter!
And it usually ends with a period or a question mark.
Leave a space between words
You can read em much better
Then check your work again to see if its right!
Every day of the week has a capital letter
Every month of the year, every city and country round the world
And everyones name gets a capital letter
And so do books and songs and movies and plays!
A period comes
At the end of a statement.
A question marks for What? Where? Who?
But if youve got the notion
To show some emotion
An exclamation mark will do!
MARLA
Okay, kids, lets play a game.
Im going to read a sentence and you tell me whether it ends
with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark, okay?
KIDS
Okay!
MARLA
Yesterday, I went to the zoo.
KIDS
Period!
MARLA
Correct.An elephant came charging right at me!
KIDS
Exclamation point!
MARLA
Excellent ! "Do you think theyll catch him?
KIDS
We hope so! Oh, yeah, question mark!
MARLA
Very funny! Now, lets review:
A period comes
At the end of a statement.
A question marks for What? Where? Who?
But if youve got the notion
To show some emotion
An exclamation mark will do!
Every sentence begins with a capital letter!
And it usually ends with a period or a question mark.
Leave a space between words
You can read em much better
Then check your work again to see if its right!
Every day of the week has a capital letter
Every month of the year, every city and country round the world
And everyones name gets a capital letter
And so do books and songs and movies and plays!
MARLA
Well done! Now, heres another game.
You tell me if the word I say gets a capital letter or no capital. Ready?
KIDS
Ready!
MARLA
Saturday.
KIDS
Capital!
MARLA
Good. Book.
KIDS
Nope. Not that one.
MARLA
Right! Harry Potter.
KIDS
Capital! This is easy!
MARLA
Im glad you feel that way
JAMES
Look, I wrote you a note.
MARLA
For me? Thanks!
James, I cant read this!
JAMES
It says, This is fun!
MARLA
Oh, next time, put a
JAMES
space between the words, I got it!
Available on Marla Lewis' song, "Every sentence begins with a capital letter!"